2019-06-01+Sky+and+Telescope

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skyandtelescope.com • JUNE 2019 39 Putting My Telescopes to the Test — the 7-inch The 7-inch telescope showed STF 2244 (Σ2244) w ...

Observing Report 40 JUNE 2019 • SKY & TELESCOPE Epheme ris 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 2016 2016.5 2017 2017.5 2018 2018.5 2019 ...

OBSERVING June 2019 pNoctilucent clouds are most often seen at twilight during summer months at latitudes between 50°° and 70° ( ...

USING THE NORTHERN HEMISPHERE MAP Go out within an hour of a time listed to the right. Turn the map around so the yellow label f ...

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44 JUNE 2019 • SKY & TELESCOPE Mercury Saturn Uranus Neptune 10 " June 1 11 21 30 116 30 11630 16 16 Venus Jupiter Mars JUNE ...

ES A^ / HU BB LE /^ N AS A G ood things sometimes take a while. And it’s well to keep that in mind as we astronomers at mid-nort ...

46 JUNE 2019 • SKY & TELESCOPE JUNE 2019 OBSERVING Sun, Moon & Planets by Fred Schaaf F our bright planets adorn the sky ...

skyandtelescope.com • JUNE 2019 47 tquThese scenes are drawn for near the middle of North America (latitude 40° north, longitude ...

DA N^ C RO WS ON The Last Rites of Spring Ignore the call of summer to explore the spring’s best galaxy cluster. This deep-sky i ...

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JUNE 2019 OBSERVING Celestial Calendar Jupiter Goes Big JUPITER REACHES OPPOSITION — opposite the Sun in the sky from our vantag ...

The wavy lines represent Jupiter’s four big satellites. The central vertical band is Jupiter itself. Each gray or black horizont ...

T he cloudscape of Jupiter is divided into alternating bright zones and dusky belts that run parallel to its equator, giving the ...

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DO 27 :^ M AR TIN G ER MA NO ;^ S KE TC H:^ SU E^ F RE NC H No NGC Clusters Look beyond the pages of the classic catalog to fi n ...

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JUNE 2019 OBSERVING Deep-Sky Wonders 56 JUNE 2019 • SKY & TELESCOPE northwest gleams yellow. The luminous star just east of ...

BOOK REVIEW by S. N. Johnson-Roehr Step by Step to Success 100 THINGS TO SEE IN THE NIGHT SKY AD AM S^ M ED IA Dean Regas, Astro ...